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  • Shields and Brooks on Prospects for Jobs, Mideast Peace, Bipartisanship Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:21PMListen to the Audio Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks speak with Jim Lehrer about the week's biggest news stories including the latest unemployment report, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's primary loss, how the political climate will affect the next Senate and the start of new Middle East Peace talks. JIM LEHRER: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks ...
  • Dream machines — the world’s priciest cars Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:41PMIf you're looking to travel in style and money's not a concern, you could spend six figures on any of a handful of street-legal, ultra-luxe cars.
  • Control Freak Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:15PMCalling your trilogy of plays The Norman Conquests makes it sound like a medieval tryptich or Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the events of 1066: William the Conqueror storming across Hastings, lance lowered, the banner of destiny fluttering on its shaft.
  • Gaithersburg-based 4-H club focuses on building, launching rockets Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 4:32AMMore than eight years ago, Rachel Harris of Germantown came up with an idea to help local 4-H clubs soar to new heights. The Flying Tigers learn about aerospace technology using model rockets and remote controlled airplanes.
  • Gaithersburg-based 4-H club focuses on building, launching rockets Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 4:23AMAnna Newton, 12, of Bethesda and Raver Babb, 10, of Gaithersburg set up their rockets for launching at the 4-H Flying Tigers club event at the county fair on Monday. Members do at least one aerospace project each year.
  • Art review: 'Local Treasures' Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:21AMAs I looked through "Local Treasures: Six Extraordinary Artists" at the Berkeley Art Center, a coolly delivered but frightening line from Laurie Anderson's "O, Superman" buzzed in my head: "Here come the planes!" Perhaps curators Suzanne Tan and Richard... Laurie Anderson - Arts - Superman - Visual Arts - Virtual
  • Art review: 'Local Treasures' Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:50PMAs I looked through "Local Treasures: Six Extraordinary Artists" at the Berkeley Art Center, a coolly delivered but frightening line from Laurie Anderson's "O, Superman" buzzed in my head: "Here come the planes!" Perhaps curators Suzanne Tan and Richard... Laurie Anderson - art - Visual arts - Superman - Directories
  • View Is Bleaker Than Official Portrayal of War in Afghanistan Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 4:32PMSome 92,000 reports from 2004 through 2009, disclosed by Wikileaks.org, illustrate why, after nine years of war, the Taliban are stronger than at any time since 2001.
  • World's Most Expensive Cars Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 12:49AMThese dream machines are the best money can buy.
  • I Flew On The World's Largest Airliner [Planelopnik] Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 3:21PM# planelopnik Miklós Tallián caught the first flight of an Airbus A380 , the largest passenger jet ever built, from Tokyo to Frankfurt. This is what it's like to fly on one of the world's most complex aircraft. —Ed. More »
  • High over Madison Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 12:04AMIn 1908, Chicago-area photographer George Lawrence enchanted Madison with the first aerial view of the city. He was hired by the Madison 40,000 Club to produce a promotional photograph to help Madison grow to a respectable 40,000 people. Lawrence most likely stood where the railroad lines cross in Monona Bay. As many as 15 kites lifted his 65-pound camera over the lake.
  • Radio-controlled air show set to take off Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 2:27AMOROVILLE — Some say boys never grow up, but when Lorne Green and Gonzolo Curiel talked Monday about the upcoming Oroville Air Corps Air Show, they emphasized their radio-controlled flying machines are not toys.
  • Historic air race comes to town Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 11:06PMFor a long time, in the right circles, Great Bend has been known for racing and aviation. Racing because we were home to the first national drag racing championships in 1955, and aviation because one of the bomber training bases was located here during World War II.
  • FAA Grants Additional Approvals For Aero Twin Honeywell Engine Mods Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 4:15AMSTC Approves FIKI, Ups Gross Weight, Extends Warranty Aero Twin has received additional FAA approval for improvements in its Honeywell TPE331-12JR-701AT/-703AT engine installation in both the Cessna Caravan (Model 208) and the Grand Caravan and Super Cargomaster (Model 208B) aircraft.
  • AD: Embraer Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 4:13AMAD NUMBER: 2010-12-07 MANUFACTURER: Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135ER, -135KE, -135KL, and -135LR Airplanes; and EMBRAER Model EMB-145, -145ER, -145MR, -145LR, -145XR, -145MP, and - 145EP Airplanes
  • Marine Corps Reserve KC-130 aircraft conduct refueling missions over Morocco during AFRICAN LION 2010 Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 5:15AMMarines and sailors from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, a Marine Forces Reserve unit based in Fort Worth, Texas, are here on a two-week reserve summer deployment with the primary mission of conducting aerial refueling flights in support of the Royal Moroccan Air Force.
  • Mardell's America Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 8:56AMWorld leadership and the US role - time for a change?
  • Six birdies and counting in Tiger Woods sex drama Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 3:06AMUS Team member Tiger Woods watches jet airplanes fly overhead during his foursome match on the first day of the Presidents Cup golf competition in this October 8, 2009 file photo at Harding Park Golf course in San Francisco, California.
  • Bradshaw man invents and improves Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @ 1:34AMNews-Times/Kate Burke Bradshaw metal machinist Brian Wolfe uses a video game-style remote control to manage the CNC table he designed and built for use in his own shop.
  • Garage inventor Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 1:31AMNews-Times/Kate Burke Bradshaw metal machinist Brian Wolfe uses a video game-style remote control to manage the CNC table he designed and built for use in his own shop.
  • Airlines lose $1.7 BN from 100,000 canceled trips Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 8:09AMAirlines lose $1.7 billion, ask for compensation for losses from over 100,000 canceled flights
  • Who should pay for the disruption? Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 7:55AMAt least 95,000 flights were cancelled in the past six days. Who should pay for the disruption?
  • Airlines lose $1.7B from 100,000 canceled trips Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 5:17PMAirlines lost at least $1.7 billion during the volcanic ash crisis, the industry said Wednesday as air controllers lifted all restrictions on German airspace, paving the way for more flights into some of Europe's busiest airports. Giovanni Bisignani, the head of the International Air Transport Association, called the economic fallout from the six-day travel shutdown "devastating" and urged ...
  • Robert Peston Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 7:25AMBritish Airways: 'Let us decide if it's safe to fly'
  • Revenue Managers as Agents of Change | By Dietmar Kielnhofer Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:34AMRevenue management in its present day format did not exist until the mid 90’s. Propagated as the ultimate tool to optimize seating capacity and revenue in the airline industry it found its way gradually into the hotel industry. Skeptics prevailed for the first couple of year’s as they did not realize the potential strategic approach to managing room inventory and rates had - but they were ...
  • Trusted Resource for the Working RF Engineer Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 6:02AMNF: How has the test and measurement industry changed over the last 30 years?
  • Nigeria : The Leadership Crisis in Nigerian Politics (2) - Prof. Chinua Achebe Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 4:31AMProf. Chinua Achebe, in This Concluding Part, Laments the Apparent Inability of the Nigerian University System to Solve the Leadership Question in the Country...
  • How Pollsters Shape Debate, Make for Bad Policy Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 12:00PMStrategists such as Frank Luntz can make governing very difficult. But smart politicians can learn from their insights.
  • World's Most Expensive Cars Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 6:33PMThese dream machines are the best money can buy.
  • FAA Sends Temporary Air Traffic Control Tower To Haiti Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 4:06AMAdditional Assistance Includes Exemptions To Expand The Pool Of Relief Aircraft Available At the request of the Haitian government, the FAA dispatched a portable, temporary control tower to Haiti Thursday to help assist with aircraft operations at Port-au-Prince International Airport.
  • Airbus Works to Stamp Out Superjumbo Bugs Haunting A380 Flights Tuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 1:03AMJan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Airbus SAS and airlines that fly its A380 superjumbo are working to eradicate technical bugs that dogged the jet in recent months and threaten to hurt the appeal of the world’s largest passenger plane.
  • Chief of staff gives his take on state of AF Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ 8:17AMThe Air Force’s top uniformed leader expects at least 3,000 more airmen will head to Afghanistan in 2010 as part of the surge ordered by President Barack Obama.Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz quantified the Air Force’s role in the 30,000-troop buildup at the end of a wide-ranging interview Dec. 22 with Air Force Times.Schwartz put the figure at 3,000 to 3,500 airmen, but combatant command ...
  • Schwartz: 3,000 airmen to Afghanistan in 2010 Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ 8:17AMThe Air Force’s top uniformed leader expects at least 3,000 more airmen will head to Afghanistan in 2010 as part of the surge ordered by President Barack Obama.Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz quantified the Air Force’s role in the 30,000-troop buildup at the end of a wide-ranging interview Dec. 22 with Air Force Times.Schwartz put the figure at 3,000 to 3,500 airmen, but combatant command ...
  • David Harris: What Israel Can Teach the World About Airport Security Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 5:53PMOver the years, I've spent many hours, more than I care to count, in airports around the world. From the perspective of security, one is...
  • New TV Sat Means You Won't Miss 'American Idol' Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:08AMNew Boeing DIRECTV 12 Satellite Delivers 1st Signals From Space Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from DIRECTV 12 nine hours after launch, indicating that the satellite is healthy and operating normally. DIRECTV 12 is a Boeing 702 commercial satellite that will provide consumer television programming to millions of US households (and that's a good thing... right?).
  • Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (12.30.09) Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:08AM"As we continue to grow our Milwaukee operation, we have reached a point where we need to add flight crew bases in Milwaukee to make our airline more efficient and to support the flying out of Milwaukee." Source: Kevin Healy, AirTran's senior vice president of marketing and planning, commenting on the announcment that airline will open both a pilot and flight attendant base in Milwaukee to ...
  • A Little More Holiday Cheer-- Fueled By KC-135 Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:07AMSanta's 'Sleigh' Receives Fuel From Mildenhall Tanker Anyone who tells you that the military is all action and no heart missed an interesting moment this week as the holiday spirit overtook a few flyers over the skies of the UK, near Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. Herewith, a little holiday prose...
  • NASA Chooses Three Finalists for Future Space Science Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:07AMMissions To Venus, An Asteroid Or The Moon Possible NASA has selected three proposals as candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system. The final project selected in mid-2011 may provide a better understanding of Earth's formation or perhaps the origin of life on our planet.
  • And Then, There Were Two -- Second F-35B Arrives at Pax River Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:07AM2009 is ending nicely if you happen to be involved in the Naval Flight Test Program. The second Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter has arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
  • Best Of The Breed '09: Final -- CTLS, SkyCatcher Named S-LSAs Of The Year Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:07AM(Tie Vote) Cessna C-162 SkyCatcher, Flight Design CTLS Destined to be fierce competitors, these two aircraft represent the very best of the current crop of ready-built LSAs -- for a number of reasons... For many years, when evaluating the cream of the crop in terms of airframe and manufacturer, the name Flight Design was always a major player, but the recent entry of Cessna, now with an actual ...
  • Best Of The Breed '09: Final -- RANS S-6/7 Named E-LSAs Of The Year Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:07AM(E-LSA) -- RANS S-6/7 series The spirit behind LSA seems to be to give the buyer all the benefits of a 'certified' LSA design but allow them the savings and or personal satisfaction that can be accrued by building it themselves. As such, economics is often a major part of the buying decision when it comes to selecting an E-LSA... that being the case, few aircraft are as cost-effective, buildable ...
  • AirTran: Happy Holidays MKE -- And Here's 100 Jobs Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:07AMAirline To Open Flight Crew Base at Midwestern Hub AirTran Airways has announced that the airline will open both a pilot and flight attendant base in Milwaukee to support its increased operations. The flight bases will open in April 2010 and will consist initially of 50 pilots to support Boeing 737 flying and a minimum of 50 flight attendants to support both Boeing 717 and Boeing 737 operations ...
  • FlyersRights Urges Caution For New TSA Procedures Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:06AM...Asks TSA Too Be Careful (Yeah, Um, Good Luck With That) FlyersRights.org is applauding the TSA's efforts to improve airport security in the wake of this week's incident aboard a Northwest flight bound for Detroit. However, the group warned that a large number of its members have expressed concerns that the new TSA procedures, including the 'one-hour rule', may place an undue burden on ...
  • Boeing Land Use Remains Mystery Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 11:08AMA deal for a 1.1 million-square-foot hangar and land around it on the Boeing property — the space where the 717 was built — may be close, but many city officials want to see a signature on the dotted line before they celebrate.
  • Travel Cost-Cutting Is the New Normal Monday, October 12, 2009 @ 11:02PMBusiness travel has already become less convenient, as airlines have significantly cut capacity. Get used to it.
  • Black boxes recovered from doomed Iranian airliner Thursday, July 16, 2009 @ 7:31AMTwo flight recorders have been found in the wreckage of the plane that crashed Wednesday, killing all 168 people on board. Two flight recorders from a flaming commercial airliner that crashed Wednesday in northwestern Iran have been recovered but are badly damaged, state television reported today.
  • Boeing low-key on purchaseof 787 supplier's plant Wednesday, July 8, 2009 @ 2:02AMNews that the Boeing Co. will buy a manufacturing plant in South Carolina set off a tidal wave of speculation Tuesday -- mainly about whether the jetmaker plans to expand its 787 assembly line beyond Everett.
  • AF447 investigation draws closer to the truth Wednesday, June 17, 2009 @ 1:52PMFrench investigators say they are getting closer to figuring out just what caused Air France Flight 447 to crash, with suspicion still strong that a computer bug may lie at the heart of the problem.
  • Panasonic TC-P50V10 Monday, June 8, 2009 @ 6:22PMThe high-end Panasonic TC-PV10 series of plasmas delivers the overall best picture quality of any flat-panel HDTV we've tested so far this year.
  • Flight 447's perfect storm Monday, June 8, 2009 @ 1:53PMThe media loves the "wrong speed" theory, but a lightning strike and electrical failure are more likely culprits.